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What is small section of DNA called which controls production of insulin?
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What is a small section of a chromosome that controls the production of proteins called?
Genetics or Genes.
Which part of the body is responsible for the production insuline?
The pancreas has specialized cells taht make the hormone insulin, which regulates blood sugar uptake into the body.
What is a segment with information to make a protein?
A segment of DNA on a chromosome that controls the production of a protein is called a gene. Chromosome a cellular structure that contains DNA.
Insulin is secreted from structures called?
Beta cells
Is insulin a polymer?
Insulin is a protein, so yes it is a polymer of amino acids, also called a polypeptide chain
What is a small section of a chromosome that controls the production of proteins called?
Genetics or Genes.
What controls the sugar metabolism?
A hormone called insulin regulates your sugar levels.
What hormone controls the supply of sugar from the blood to the muscles?
There are two hormones that control the supply of sugar from the blood to the muscles. They are insulin and glucagon.
What is exogenous insulin?
In patients with diabetes, whose endogenous production of insulin is completely or near to nothing, insulin is administered to them subcutaneously. The insulin is usually bovine insulin or pork insulin. Recently, human insulins have been manufactured by rDNA technology. These preparations are called exogenous insulins.
What is it it called when the government controls most production of goods?
command economy
What is the medical term meaning Excessive secretion of insulin?
There is a tumor that causes excessive insulin production called an insulinoma. Due to the increased insulin production it causes hypoglycemia. The medical term I found is Hyperinsulinism.
What controls RBC production?
Red blood cell production, also called erythropoiesis, is mainly stimulated by a protein hormone called erythropoietin (EPO). Other factors, including cytokines like the colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) are also important.
What disease cause insulin to be produced?
Production of insulin is by the beta cells in the pancreas. This is a normal process of the body and is not considered a disease. When it does not supply an appropriate amount then it is a disease called diabetes.
What is it called when a government dictates all aspects of production?
When the government controls everything, It is called Command/Communism
Steven Soderbergh was the co-founder of a production company called?
Section Eight
Insulin is secreted in starvation and results in the production and mobilization of glucose from peripheral tissues?
No, another hormone called glucagon does that (although both insulin and glucagon are secreted by the pancreas). Insulin has the opposite effect - when there is excess sugar in the blood it causes glucose to move into body cells and to also be stored as glycogen in the liver and muscle.
Why is the hpyothamalus called the master gland?
because controls the endocrine system, many of its hormones regulate the hormone production of other glands
